How to use Emoji in stock message app on my Android phone?

Text messaging will be more interesting if it is possible to add more Emoji icons in the text message. I am using a smart phone with Android Ice Cream Sandwich and have read that it accesses many Emoji icons. How can I enable this on my Android phone?

Re: How to use Emoji in stock message app on my Android phone?

Android ICS provides many Emoji icons without depending on any third party message apps from the Google play store. First of all, open the stock ICS Message app in your phone’s app drawer. Then tap the ‘Menu’ key on your phone and then go to the ‘Settings’ option. In the Settings page, just scroll down to find the ‘Emoji support’ option and put a check mark against the box to enable it. To check whether this works, just go back to the message interface and choose the message thread. When you tap the menu button, a list will be shown and you can choose the ‘Insert Emojis’ option from there. Then the list of Emojis will appear on the screen and you can choose as many Emojis you want. When you are done, just tap on the OK button.